Swedish European engineering vs Italian European engineering

05/22/2010 | WesternCulture

[WesternCulture]

Just what happens if a Koenigsegg CCR is raced against one of the meanest of "street" Ferraris (- in the clip below the Ferrari Enzo GTB F1 is performing)?

I love Italy. But sometimes, I feel my part of Europe also deseves some recognition in the domain of cars.

[WesternCulture]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f9nobuLASs

[truth_seeker]

Very fun website:

www.gtboard.com

[WesternCulture]

Didn’t know of this site before. Wonderful noices!

Keep it up, as long as you don’t drive like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShacMAn_HK8

(No, I don’t wish to honor him. What he’s up to equals plain insanity).

[ottbmare]

Good Lord!

[ottbmare]

I always enjoy your posts. Thank you for this one, which was just pure fun.

[Flying Circus]

Sure the Koenigsegg is faster, but the Ferrari is art in motion while the Koenigsegg is... how to put this gently... a little on the homely side.

Also, how well does the Koenigsegg do holding itself down in the corners vs the Ferrari?

[WesternCulture]

“I always enjoy your posts. Thank you for this one, which was just pure fun.”

- Thanks a lot.

If you purchase a Koenigsegg, be careful.

My car has only 200 hps, which I think is enough for me, but sometimes they tend to act somewhat unruly.

Best of regards from the West Coast of Sweden, home to SAAB, Volvo and Koenigsegg!

[WesternCulture]

“Also, how well does the Koenigsegg do holding itself down in the corners vs the Ferrari?”

- I’m no expert myself, but as far as I know, most who are consider Koenigsegg to perform very well in this respect.

[Tainan]

Thanks WC.
Regards back from the SW corner of Taiwan.
Great Saturday afternoon vids!

[valkyry1]

Sometimes homely looks good ;)

[valkyry1]

Maintaining those speeds for that long its a wonder nothing happened to him. If a car veered over there was no way he would slow down enough in time.

[bruinbirdman]

"The CCR is currently the third fastest production car in the world, behind the Bugatti Veyron and the SSC Ultimate Aero TT."

Koenigsegg-CCR

Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4

SSC Ultimate Aero TT

yitbos

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Bumpity bump speed bump.

[Paladin2]

Sorry, all those look like the styling of 50 years ago.

[raygun]

Bah. The Koeniggsegg is nothing more than a fancy Sunday Go-to-Meetin' ride like the Lamborghini Diablo, Veyron, Testarossa. You want real car? Check these out:

Several Ferraris racing on the freeway.

F-360 Modena trying to keep up with a F-50 at Monza

Professional Japanese car critique putting a F50 through its paces

F40 & F50 GT1 blow the doors off a F355

F-50 bi-turbo (1000 HP) on freeway: here. Whatever you do, don't wet your pants here.

Ferrari orgy

I do have a lot of respect for Porsche GT 850, McClaren F1 and Mercedes CLR-GT1 though. Nor would I kick a girlfriend who owned a Koeniggsegg, Veyron, Diablo or even merely a Ferrari 288 GTO (and let me drive them) out of bed for eating crackers.

[Right Wing Assault]

And for those who don’t drive so well:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics/

[Rappini]

To bad the ZR-1 wasn’t playing with the CCR.

[Jack Hydrazine]

SSC Ultimate Aero TT
Made in America (Washington State to be more specific)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnOh6WY4FbY

[WesternCulture]

In cars I trust.

We could probably argue for hours and days here over what nation has the most convincing approach to cars.

Some things are obvious though:

1. Ferraris are among the best performance cars ever made.

2. We Swedes can come up with other stuff than boxy tanks.

But, above all, let’s not forget about what America has accomplished in these domains:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w35vJc8b3zo

Long live cars with an attitude!